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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1917 | B. S. Abernathy v. State | Weakley | Murder |
2 folders. Murder of J. G. Ward. J. G. Ward was a sharecropper raising tobacco on B. S. Abernathy's property. Abernathy and Ward got into an argument over when to strip the tobacco and Abernathy stabbed Ward. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1507 | 330 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | H. E. Stanfill, C. F. Lowery& Henry Millner v. State | Henderson | Murder |
plaintiffs in error case; murder in the second degree; victim: Walter Petty; shooting |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1484 | 437 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Jim Storey v. State | Davidson | Murder |
This is a case of involuntary manslaughter. Additional parties: Odie Harris, Bennie Grimes, Lena Allen, Albert Haynes, Tom Beasley, Will Ransom, Sam Demoss, Arthur McCullom, Otis Harris, Will Johnson, George Bailey, Will Fletcher, John House, Ed Harris, L. A. Gilliam, Dr. McCabe, A. N. Johnson, P. Woolsey, P. Vaughn, Ch. P. Barthell. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 109 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | John Dennis v. State | Shelby | Murder |
"John Dennis, with his wife, operated a cheap and low character rooming house on Jefferson Avenue in the city of Memphis, from whom the deceased, Julia Gentry, a woman of ill repute, rented a room." "Gaither Miller, one of Julia Gentry's lovers, together with a friend, Victor Zambrini, came to the house of Dennis to see Julia." Dennis got into an altercation with the two. Julia got between them. She was found later in an alley behind the building with a compound arm fracture, developed Gangrene, and died. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1450 | 114 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Lonnie Herrick v. State | Shelby | Murder |
Murder of Mat Boberg. Herrick "had become infatuated with Mrs. Lillian Stampley, a young woman about his own age, who was then living apart from her husband." Boberg was also "paying attention to this young lady." |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1448 | 165 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Lennie Kendall v. State | Hardin | Murder |
The "deceased" was a white man, Jim Young, killed by a 22 year old "negro boy," Lennie Kendall. "Because of the apprehension of mob violence," the venue was changed to Henderson, Tenn. The killing was in Savannah, Tenn., in June 1916. Complete transcript of trial testimony and evidence, including hand drawn map of String Town, the African American section of town. Defendant & deceased were romantically involved with Bertha Williams, and some of the principals were accused of bootlegging and lewdness. |
West | Range: 79 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 1491 | 400 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Mack Odum& Chester Willard v. State | Cannon | Murder |
The victim in this murder case was Oakley Jewell. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 96 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Mary Brown v. State | Bedford | Murder |
Victim: Eldridge Sparrow. Mary Brown also went by the alias of Mary Ray. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 97 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Matt Watkins v. State | Wilson | Murder |
Additional case materials with different docket number in MT 395. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 394 | 1061 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | Ned Casey v. State | Stewart | Murder |
Additional parties: Robert Brewer, Lonnie Stewart, Charles Mathis , General Dinkins, Bailey Brewer, O. Brewer, Tom Broody, Ed Williams |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 87 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Virge Rosson | Lawrence | Murder | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 101 | 9 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. T. Foster | Carroll | Murder |
There was an argument at a picnic in McLemoresville. Juel Bell was "afflicted on his right side." He had his hand in his pocket, around a closed knife. T. Foster shot Bell in the back and killed him. The dispute is self-defense, def. state Bell had knife The Memorandum for the State states that the witnesses for the victim were impartial, while Bunk Foster is not reliable. Bunk Foster was acquitted, T. Foster was convicted. Addt'l def.: Bunk Foster. Victim's name is Juel Bell also listed as Jewell Bell. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1457 | 73 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Cleve Paschall | Perry | Murder |
Charged with second degree murder. Victim: Mack Barber. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1457 | 10 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Earnest Keith | Franklin | Murder |
T he victim, John Woods, |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. William F. Cook | Rutherford | Murder |
Defendant is accused of murdering Maggie Cook |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 102 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Charles C. Trabue | Davidson | Murder |
Victim: Harry S. Stokes. |
Middle | Range: 21 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 141 | 0 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Polk Brown & Joe Brown | Marion | Murder | Middle | Range: 33 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 426 | 118 | Order A Copy | |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Dolly Parker | Davidson | Murder |
Victim: Mr. Herman Conditt. Transcripts only. |
Middle | Range: 33 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 491 | 136 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Printis Algee | Dyer | Murder |
Defendant Printis Algee was indicted on three counts of first degree murder. In each count he was charged with killing the victim, George Fowlkes with a different instrument. Defendant appealed after being denied motion for new trial. Error assigned. In two folders. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1455 | 329 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. T. S. LeDuke | Lake | Murder |
The victim's name is Z. D. Traughber. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1452 | 89 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Joe Cook | Dyer | Murder |
The victim's name is Sam Walker who the defendant killed because he shot the defendant's dog. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1454 | 270 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. H. S. Fanning | Gibson | Murder |
Murder in the second degree; additional charges: child neglect |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1457 | 9 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Elmer Smith | Lauderdale | Murder |
Victim: Gale Smith, the defendant's wife. |
West | Range: 79 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 1457 | 66 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Jack McAuliff | Shelby | Murder |
Name of victim: Sam Green, shot by a Smith & Wessen pistol. The defendant was a former police officer. |
West | Range: 79 Section: G Shelf: Box Number: 1540 | 172 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | State v. Fay E. Hazen | Shelby | Murder |
Murder in the first degree. Fay E. Hazen is indicted on charges that he wilfully, feloniously, deliberately and with malice aforethought, shot Benjamin R. Simms. 2 folders. |
West | Range: 79 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 1561 | 361 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1917 | William Bess v. State | DeKalb | Murder | Middle | Range: 21 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 107 | 0 | Order A Copy |